Role Overview
We are hiring a Company Secretary Compliance for Embark. This is a complianceled corporate secretarial role, not a general CS position . The role sits at the intersection of statutory compliance and governance and requires someone who can independently own compliance responsibilities while actively supporting contract drafting and risk management.
This is a handson role based out of our Bangalore office and requires regular interaction with
internal stakeholders, external advisers, and regulators.
Key Responsibilities
Corporate Secretarial & Compliance
- Ensure endtoend compliance under the Companies Act, 2013 and applicable rules.
- Manage ROC/MCA filings,statutory registers, compliance calendars, and documentation.
- Plan and support Board,Committee, AGM and EGM meetings,including notices, agendas, minutes, resolutions, and action tracking.
- Support internal, statutory, and secretarial auditsand ensure timely closure of observations.
Contracts & Legal Support
- Draft, review, negotiate, and manage contracts endtoend, including customer and vendor
IT contracts, commercial agreements, NDAs, MSAs, SOWs, and SLAs.
- Handle real estaterelated contracts such as lease agreements, amendments, renewals, and
related documentation.
- Manage contractlifecycle processes, templates, approvals, version control,and renewals (exposure to smart contracts or CLM tools is a plus).
Due Diligence & Risk Management
- Conduct legal due diligence for vendors, partners,and transactions.
- Identify contractual and compliance risks and recommend mitigation measures.
- Provide legal advisorysupport to businessteams on compliance and contractrelated
matters.
Stakeholder Management &Legal Writing
- Act as a key compliance contact for internal stakeholders and leadership.
- Liaise with external legal counsel, auditors,consultants, and regulators as required.
- Prepare legal drafts,compliance notes, internal advisories, and research briefs.
Qualifications &Experience
- Qualified Company Secretary and active memberof ICSI.
- 47 years of relevant experience in corporate secretarial compliance roles.
- Strong handson experience with statutory compliance, board processes, and ROC/MCA
filings.
- Proven exposure to contract drafting,negotiation, and contract management.
Key Skills
- Corporate secretarial compliance
- Endtoend contract drafting,review, negotiation, and management
- Due diligence, legal advisory, and compliance
- Customer and vendorIT contracts
- Contract lifecycle management (including smart contracts exposure)
- Risk mitigation and management
- Stakeholder and clientmanagement
- Legal writing and legal research
